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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Speeding up Workflow with Sass Creating a Color Palette

Neslee Rodillo
Neslee Rodillo
19,615 Points
Posted by Neslee Rodillo
Neslee Rodillo
19,615 Points

confused 3 of 3

Where am I going wrong???

Question: Set the background of the <a> tag to be a 10% desaturated version of the variable, using the desaturate function. (HINT: desaturate works a lot like the lighten function - taking a color, then a percentage!)

My answer:

$complement: complement (red);
$desaturate: ($complement, 10%);

a {color: lighten(red, 5%); background: $desaturate ;}

Error: Bummer! Use the 'desaturate' function to desaturate the value in the $complement variable. Apply the result to the background attribute of 'a' tags.

4 Answers

Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

Well, as the challenge states, you're supposed to use the desaturate function on the $complement variable, and it works just like lighten.

background: desaturate($complement, 10%);
Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Neslee,

You haven't used the desaturate function. It would look similar to the lighten function.

$complement: complement(red);
$desaturate: desaturate($complement, 10%);
a {
  color: lighten(red, 5%);
  background: $desaturate;
}

The above works but you can also solve it like this and avoid the extra variable:

$complement: complement(red);
a {
  color: lighten(red, 5%);
  background: desaturate($complement, 10%);
}
Neslee Rodillo
Neslee Rodillo
19,615 Points
Neslee Rodillo
Neslee Rodillo
19,615 Points

Thank you Dino and Jason for your help and clarification :)